Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Maintain”

/meɪnˈteɪn/

To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.

♬100 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Maintain"

50 words

These words rhyme exactly with "maintain" — same ending sound.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
ascertain	3	verb	(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
disdain	2	noun	(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
sustain	2	verb	(transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
inane	2	noun	Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.
mundane	2	noun	Ordinary; not new.
strain	1	noun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
attain	2	verb	(transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).
profane	2	noun	Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
plain	1	noun	Simple, unaltered.
bane	1	noun	(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.
retain	2	verb	(transitive) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
domain	2	noun	A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.
legerdemain	4	noun	Sleight of hand; "magic" trickery.
obtain	2	verb	(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
swain	1	noun	(poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
explain	2	verb	(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
wane	1	verb	(intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
feign	1	verb	To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
train	1	noun	Elongated or trailing portion.
arcane	2		Understood by only a few.
constrain	2	verb	(transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
refrain	2	verb	(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
germane	2	noun	Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.
abstain	2	verb	(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
restrain	2	verb	(transitive) To control or keep in check.
contain	2	verb	(transitive) To hold inside.
pertain	2	verb	(intransitive) To relate to, concern, or be relevant to.
campaign	2	noun	A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
deign	1	verb	(intransitive) To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.
insane	2		Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
reign	1	noun	The period during which a monarch rules.
brain	1	noun	The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
main	1	noun	Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
remain	2	verb	To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
humane	2		Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
inhumane	3		Alternative form of inhuman: lacking pity or compassion for misery and suffering; cruel, unkind. [Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.]
skein	1	noun	A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
ordain	2	verb	(religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
grain	1	noun	(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
pane	1	noun	An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
terrain	2	noun	An area of land or its particular features.
rain	1	noun	(meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.
plane	1	noun	An airplane; an aeroplane.
lane	1	noun	(used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
stain	1	noun	A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
detain	2	verb	(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
daisy chain	3	noun	A garland to be worn on the head, made (usually as a pastime) by sewing or otherwise linking the stems of the flowers of daisies (Bellis perennis) into a ring.
urbane	2		Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.
in vain	2		(idiomatic) Without success or a result; ending in failure.
bain	1	noun	(obsolete) A bath.

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Maintain"

50 words

These words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
display	2	noun	(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
proclaim	2	verb	To announce or declare.
indicate	3	verb	(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
embrace	2	verb	(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
ablaze	2		Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
exclaim	2	verb	(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
portray	2	verb	To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
acclaim	2	noun	(transitive) To express great approval (for).
operate	3	verb	(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
persuade	2	verb	(transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
afraid	2		Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
investigate	4	verb	(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
restraint	2	noun	(uncountable) control or caution; reserve
dictate	2	verb	To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
regulate	3	verb	To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
maintained	2		showing maintenance or attention
landscape	2	noun	A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
relay	2	noun	(sports) A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
translate	2	verb	Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
mainstay	2	noun	A chief support.
obey	2	verb	(transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
namesake	2	noun	A person with the same name as another.
remained	2	verb	To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
detail	2	noun	An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
sustained	2		Held continuously at a certain level.
mistake	2	noun	An error.
perpetuate	4	verb	(transitive) To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.
remains	2	noun	The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
complaint	2	noun	The act of complaining.
always	2		At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.
away	2	verb	From a place, hence.
behave	2	verb	(intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
replace	2	verb	(transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
renovate	3	verb	(transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
today	2	noun	On the current day or date.
repay	2	verb	Synonym of pay back in all senses.
holiday	3	noun	(chiefly UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
levitate	3	verb	(intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
payday	2	noun	The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an employee's wages or salary is paid.
restrains	2	verb	(transitive) To control or keep in check.
mainframe	2	noun	(computer hardware) A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.
strangulate	3	verb	To strangle.
olay	2	noun	palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a steel-tipped stylus
sustains	2	verb	(transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
yesterday	3	noun	The day immediately before today; one day ago.
take pains	2	verb	(transitive) To use care and effort (to do something) despite any corresponding trouble or inconvenience.
maintains	2	verb	To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
next day	2	noun	—
sauteed	2		fried quickly in a little fat
sunday	2	noun	The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.